While We Were Getting High: Britpop & the 90s in photographs with unseen images

About Kevin Cummins

Manchester-born Kevin Cummins has an international reputation as one of the world's leading photographers and is famed for his iconic portraits of musicians including Ian Curtis Bowie The Smiths Iggy Pop Bjork Debbie Harry Bob Marley Public Enemy Patti Smith and Oasis. These photographs have appeared on magazine covers and in galleries and museums worldwide including: Brooklyn Museum Sydney Opera House Pace Gallery and other cities including New York Los Angeles Buenos Aires Berlin London and Bologna. His work is included in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery V&A Museum and Manchester City Art Gallery. Cummins had a 20 year association with British Rock 'bible' NME where he created many of the best-known images in modern music history. He was awarded an honorary doctorate (arts) by Manchester Metropolitan University in 2015. His monographs for Octopus include Joy Division: Juvenes Morrissey: Alone and Palely Loitering Britpop: While We Were Getting High Telling Stories: Photographs of The Fall and David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire.